/onestopreporting/reporting/reports/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/expanding-groups section Enable expanding to display individual lines instead of a single total. 2026-05-08T12:27:49+02:00 # Expanding groups Enable expanding to display individual lines instead of a single total. *Expanding groups* are an essential part of the **Report Designer**. It involves, for example, creating a list of each account rather than grouping the accounts together and displaying a total for all accounts. ## Create expanding groups To create expanding groups; 1. In the **Layout Editor** window, select the **Expanding** checkbox to create expanding groups in the specified row or column for data items that have been set to **Group** in the **Grouping/Sorting** tab. > [!TIP] > The quickest way to create an expanding group is by dragging a data item, such as *Sales Person* into the report definition and selecting *Create a new selection group on the Row* or *Create a new selection group on the Column*. By default, *Report Designer* creates an expanding group and shows the group in the *Grouping/Sorting* tab in the *Layout Editor* window.  *Figure: The process of creating expanding groups in the Layout Editor* > [!TIP] > If the row/column is an expanding group, it will be indicated by a small green plus icon  in the box of the respective row or column. If the report is generated and an expanding group is *not* created, the report will result in consolidation of all data in the account, as shown in the figure below. *Figure: Report with no expanding group* On the other hand, if an expanding group is created, the details of the account will be given, as shown in the figure below. *Figure: Report with an expanding group* /onestopreporting/reporting/reports/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/expanding-groups/expanding-groups-in-expanding-groups page Create hierarchical reports by nesting expanding groups for deeper data insights. 2026-05-08T12:27:49+02:00 # Expanding Groups in an Expanding Group Create hierarchical reports by nesting expanding groups for deeper data insights. To create more flexible reporting, you can create expanding groups inside other expanding groups to create *nested* expanding groups. An expanding group inside another expanding group can be thought of as a hierarchy. Imagine there are two data sets, one alphabetical and the other numerical (A, B, C... & 1, 2, 3...), and one is an attribute of the other. ## Create a nested expanding group 1. Drag the relevant data items into the report definition. 2. In the **OneStop Reportin**g dialog box, click **Create a new selection group on the Row**. **NOTE:** The two data items must be placed in consecutive rows.  By default, **Report Designer** creates two separate expanding groups. However, you want to create a nested expanding group. 3. In the **Layout Editor** window, drag the expanding group box so that it extends over multiple rows.  The reports for separate expanding groups (left) and a nested expanding group (right) are shown in the figure below.